Niehoff - VNIIKP Cooperation Intensified

PUBLISHED: 18 Jul 08

Maschinenfabrik Niehoff and All-Russian Scientific Research and Development Cable Institute VNIIKP with the associated "Trade House of VNIIKP" have added even more significance to their long-lasting cooperative partnership with the conclusion of a cooperation agreement.

Beginning on July 1st, 2008 the �Trade House of VNIIKP� will act as an adviser for NIEHOFF in the markets of Russia, Belarus, Armenia and Uzbekistan with the objective of further contact development and intensification between NIEHOFF and the companies in this economic area. Particularly companies of the wire and cable industry are to profit from the synergies resulting from this cooperation with regard to modernization and extension of their production programme by innovative high-quality machinery offering highest efficiency.

Today the wire and cable industry in the said countries is one of the most important markets for NIEHOFF, because of its successful figures and enormous growth potential.

The cooperation means an outstanding opportunity for the technology venture to detect and respond to new market tendencies at an early stage. This will support the company demonstrating its innovation ability by new products and to improve its market leadership.
The international acceptance of VNIIKP�s performance as scientific research and test centre for the development of cables and cable technologies and its responsible activities in the area of standardization and certification will give important impulses to this cooperation.

In practice the agreement will mainly be realized via close cooperation and information exchange between VNIIKP and �NIEHOFF of Russia�, founded in 2005 in Moscow. At the moment this branch consists of nine native speaking Russian employees, these are among others two area managers and five service technicians who are responsible for customer service, installation and commissioning of machinery, spare parts supply and after sales service.